Vocab
Describing something that makes a prediction
prophetic
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair./ Hover through the fog and filthy air." (I.i, 12-13)
The witches
When a character makes a comment to one other person or the audience
Aside
"The Thane of Cawdor lives; why do you dress me/ In borrow'd robes?" (I.iii, 113-114)
The Thane of Cawdor is alive. Why do you address me with someone else's name?
Who has second thoughts about killing King Duncan?
Macbeth
To beg urgently
Implore
"By Sinel's death I know I am Thane of Glamis;/ But how of Cawdor? The Thane of Cawdor lives,/ A prosperous gentleman"(I.iii, 73-75)
Macbeth
When a character has a lengthy speech to another character or someone else on stage
"Were such things here as we do speak about?/ Or have we eaten on the insane root/ That takes the reason prisoner?" (I.iii, 85-87)
Were these things really here? Or are we on drugs that take away reason?
What title is Macbeth given for his recent victories?
Thane of Cawdor
Relating to a physical presence or body
corporal
"Your face, my thane, is as a book where men/ May read strange matters. To beguile the time, Look like the time."(I.v, 68-70)
Lady Macbeth
A long speech that reveals a character's inner thoughts and feelings
Soliloquy
"Till he unseamed him from nave to th' chops" (I.ii, 24)
He cut him open from his belly button to his jaw
Why does Macbeth want to spare Duncan?
He was a good king OR A host should protect their guests OR He has granted Macbeth many rewards recently
Someone or something that bring news or omens
harbinger
"Give me your hand./ Conduct me to mine host: we love him highly,/ And shall continue our graces toward him."(I.vi, 34-36).
King Duncan
A "nicer" or more polite way to say something
Euphemism
"Was the hope drunk/ Wherein you dressed yourself? Hath it slept since?/ And wakes it now, to look so green and pale/ At what it did so freely?"(I.vii, 38-41)
Was it just drunk hope that you expressed before? Has it gone away? Is it coming back and making you feel sick for even considering it?
What prophecy was Banquo given?
He will not be king BUT his children will
To charm or enchant
"My noble partner/ You greet with present grace and great prediction/ Of noble having and royal hope,/ That he seems rapt withal: to me you speak not."(I.iii, 56-59)
Banquo
The rhyme scheme and rhythm Shakespeare's plays are written in
Iambic pentameter
"Come, you spirits/ That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here,/ And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full/ Of direst cruelty!" (I.v, 42-45)
Spirits! Take away my woman's kindness and instead fill me from head to toe with horrible cruelty.
How does Lady Macbeth plan on dealing with Duncan's guards?
She's going to get them so drunk they don't remember anything and pass out